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Three giraffes appear to blend into one on the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. Russian amateur photographer Sergey Agapov captured this amazing moment after spending three hours and 300 attempts to get the perfect shots.Read the rest of this entry »

Indian artist Sudarsan Pattnaik works on a sand sculpture depicting drowned Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi at Puri beach, some 65 kilometers away from Bhubaneswar. The photos of the lifeless body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, lying on a beach in Bodrum, Turkey, have triggered a wave of emotion across the continent, despite deep divisions among European governments on how to deal with the crisis.

A picture of smiling face made of rice plants is seen at a paddy field in Xianju county, Zhejiang province, China. According to the local media, the rice plants were cultivated to create a smiling face when viewed from the top, and is a tourist attraction in the area.